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Books on a Theme From "100 Must-Read Classic Novels"

This list uses "100 Must-Read Classic Novels" by Nick Rennison. It presents a set of famous books, each accompanied by works on the same theme (as recommended by Rennison).
Themes are:
Families in a Country Village (2-9)
Life in the Provinces (10-18)
Short Stories (19-30)
Men at War (31-41)
Orphans (42-49)
Swash and Buckle (50-58)
Ladies Who Lapsed (59-68)
Ireland (69-76)
Booze & Boozers (77-85)
The Sea (86-92)
Other Worlds/Other Futures (93-102)
Past Historic (103-113)
Comic Classics (114-122)
BTW, this challenge is not the same as that published by fleurette using the same book.
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100 Must-Read Classic Novels (Nick Rennison)
100 Must-Read Classic Novels
1
Nick Rennison
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
2
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
3
Jane Austen
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
4
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
5
Oliver Goldsmith
The Rector's Daughter (F.M. Mayor)
The Rector's Daughter
6
F.M. Mayor
Some Tame Gazelle (Barbara Pym)
Some Tame Gazelle
7
Barbara Pym
Lark Rise to Candleford (Flora Thompson)
Lark Rise to Candleford
8
Flora Thompson
Framley Parsonage (Anthony Trollope)
Framley Parsonage
9
Anthony Trollope
The Old Wives' Tale (Arnold Bennett)
The Old Wives' Tale
10
Arnold Bennett
Scenes From Provincial Life (William Cooper)
Scenes From Provincial Life
11
William Cooper
The Stars Look Down (A.J. Cronin)
The Stars Look Down
12
A.J. Cronin
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
13
George Eliot
Sylvia's Lovers (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Sylvia's Lovers
14
Elizabeth Gaskell
South Riding (Winifred Holtby)
South Riding
15
Winifred Holtby
The Rainbow (D.H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
16
D.H. Lawrence
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
17
Richard Llewellyn
Shabby Tiger (Howard Spring)
Shabby Tiger
18
Howard Spring
Collected Stories (Anton Chekhov)
Collected Stories
19
Anton Chekhov
In the Midst of Life (Ambrose Bierce)
In the Midst of Life
20
Ambrose Bierce
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
21
Ernest Hemingway
The Collected Stories of O. Henry (O. Henry)
The Collected Stories of O. Henry
22
O. Henry
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
23
James Joyce
Soldiers Three (Kipling)
Soldiers Three
24
Kipling
Collected Short Stories (Ring Lardner)
Collected Short Stories
25
Ring Lardner
The Garden Party & Other Stories (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party & Other Stories
26
Katherine Mansfield
Boule De Suif and Other Stories (Guy De Maupassant)
Boule De Suif and Other Stories
27
Guy De Maupassant
Collected Short Stories (V.S. Pritchett)
Collected Short Stories
28
V.S. Pritchett
Guys and Dolls by Damon Runyon
Guys and Dolls by Damon Runyon
29
The Chronicles of Clovis
The Chronicles of Clovis
30
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
31
Stephen Crane
Death of a Hero (Richard Aldington)
Death of a Hero
32
Richard Aldington
Under Fire (Henri Barbusse)
Under Fire
33
Henri Barbusse
Three Soldiers
Three Soldiers
34
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
35
Norman Mailer
The Spanish Farm Trilogy (R.H. Mottram)
The Spanish Farm Trilogy
36
R.H. Mottram
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (Siegfried Sassoon)
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
37
Siegfried Sassoon
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
38
Dalton Trumbo
Williwaw
Williwaw
39
The Return of the Soldier (Rebecca West)
The Return of the Soldier
40
Rebecca West
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